Ebay snorkel review With PICS

[Trypt]

I bit the bullet and bought a chinese ebay rip off of the a safari snorkel last week.

I, like most of us, was sceptical of the product.

decided to go with a local seller that offers a 3 year warranty.
was just under $100 delivered and arrived in 2 days.

on first inspection the quality is quite good, comes complete with a full fitting kit including template and a very extensive
instruction manual for all gu variants.

fitting was fairly painless and very straight forward.

theres a small gap on the front edge which i made look worse than what it is with some foam tape.

the biggest issue i had was the diameter of the neck, the plastic was about 8mm thick around the neck leaving just under 2.5 inch diameter. i took to it with the die grinder and opened it up.



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any questions just ask

[Bloodyaussie]

I have a safari snorkel and have the same gap there mate...

[Trypt]

yeah okay, its not a big deal pretty happy really.
i think it could be fixed by having another stud closer to the front though

[Avo]

thanks for taking the time to do a write up..have you got as link for where you purchased it..Thanks.

[NP99]

Not wanting to rain on your parade mate, have a look here, food for thought anyway.

http://www.dont-get-burnt.com

[Drewboyaus]

Make sure you use plenty of silicone for the connections to ensure it's properly watertight.

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[lhurley]

The angle of the head can close that gap at the front a little. Not much you can manuver it tho

[my third 256]

Not wanting to rain on your parade mate, have a look here, food for thought anyway.

http://www.dont-get-burnt.com

same warnings as to their rain water tanks
now some manufactures are getting their plactic from china and making them here
and saying made in australia nothing about material

[Trypt]

Im fully aware of the downside to buying a cheap copy, and have no doubt genuine products use superior polymers but it sure seems like that page is written by someone with financial or other interest in safari. At less than one third the cost of the safari its worth it to me.

not trying to flame anyone if i had the extra cash i would have bought a nissan one but apprentice wages dictate my decisions.

[NP99]

I notice sca are now selling cheap snorkels....